Andrew Townsend (1723 - abt. 1781)

Born 1723 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

Ancestors

Died about 1781 at about age 58 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Andrew Townsend performed Patriotic Service in South Carolina in the American Revolution.

Andrew married ANN WILKINS CLARK per his DAR record.

Property

Andrew Townsend was granted land, 250 acres, on Edisto Island that he conveyed to Rev. John McLeod and wife Martha, 11 Apr 1753^[1]

• Ravenswood Plantation

Slaves

Andrew Townsend was a slaveholder. He gave to his son-in-law John Jeffords Jr. the following enslaved by deed 5 Jan 1775:^[2]

• a wench named Cate with her 2 children Bob & Hannah
• a young wench named Ester
• a girl named Charlotte

After his death in 1781 his will named the following enslaved persons:^[3][4]

To Ann Townsend (Wife)

• Sampson
• Riner
• Primus
• Ned
• Vashti
• Venus
• Sabinah
• Cato
• Christi
• Nan
• Aaron

To Anne Jeffords (Daughter)

• Phillis
• Jacob
• Cyrus
• Bess

Many of these names also appear on the Slaves of Ann Wilkins Townsend 1791 page. (please profile with that page)

Death

Andrew Townsend died in 1781. He wrote his will 25 Sept 1775, and it was proven 20 Jul 1781.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775: "Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775"
   Catalog: Memorials of seventeenth and eighteenth century South Carolina land titles and index to auditor general memorials, 1731-1775 Memorial books, v. 7-8
   Film number: 008621906 > image 66 of 1186
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C34L-WSSF-B (accessed 13 May 2023)
   • memorial deed Bk 7 p.18, 250 acres on Edisto Island
2. ↑ Miscellaneous probate record, 1696-1792: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Miscellaneous probate record, 1696-1792 Miscellaneous record, 1774-1779, 1781-1784.
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Miscellaneous record, 1774-1784 > image 330 of 613; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-J89F-P6 (accessed 14 May 2023)
3. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 19 1780-1783 Wills v. 20 1783-1786
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1780-1783, Vol. 019 > image 191 of 435; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JXS5-15 (accessed 14 May 2023)
   • 1781 will of Andrew Townsend
4. ↑ Probate: "South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980"
   South Carolina Wills and Related Probate Matters, ?land and Property Records, ?public Records, Some ?marriage Contracts, 1671, 1692-1868; Author: South Carolina. Probate Court (Charleston County)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9080 #1565201 (accessed 29 April 2023)
   Ann Townsend probate in 1776-1786.
5. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 19 1780-1783 Wills v. 20 1783-1786
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1780-1783, Vol. 019 > image 191 of 435; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JXS5-15 (accessed 14 May 2023)
   • 1781 will of Andrew Townsend

Acknowledgements

• Townsend-2686 was created by Mary Pressley Carpenter through the import of Thomson-Luhman Family Tree.ged on Jan 26, 2014.